Druze Party

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The Druze Party (Hebrew: הסיעה הדרוזית הישראלית, HaSia'a HaDruzit HaYisraelit, literally the Israeli Druze Faction) was a short-lived, one-man political party in Israel.

[edit] Background

The party was formed during the sixth Knesset after the breakup of the Israeli Arab party, Cooperation and Development, which had formed less than six months previously as a merger of Cooperation and Brotherhood and Progress and Development.

Former Cooperation and Brotherhood MK Jabr Moade did not wish to return to his original party, so set up the Druze Party, the only occasion on which the Druze have had explicit representation in the Knesset.

Before the 1969 elections Moade merged the party into Progress and Development, thus effectively swapping parties with Elias Nahale, who had begun the session as a member of Progress and Development, then left to set up the Jewish-Arab Brotherhood before joining Cooperation and Brotherhood.

[edit] External links

• Party history Knesset website (English)